Nonslip belt



B. ALLEN, JR.

V NONSLIP BELT. APPLICATlON FJLED JUNE 6, 1921.

Pate nted June 20, 1922.

l newsman-Erin .To allwhomitmag concern:--

Be it known -that I, BoNA.A LEN, J12, a citizen of the United States,{residing ,atBuford, in the countyof Gwinnett and State of Georgia have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in" Nonslip Belts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in non-slip belts andhas for an object to provide a belt with a series of shoulders against which the buckle tooth may actively engage to avoid the. likelihood of the belt slipping therethrough.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an improved non-slip belt, the construction of which is simple and inexpensive and which may be provided with shoulders without altering materially the construction of standard belts and without detracting from the appearance of the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one form of non-slip belt constructed according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the inside portion of the belt and buckle with parts shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the buckle and adjacent parts of the belt;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a slightly modified construction of belt; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspectiveview of the belt shownin Fig.5.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, and for the present to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the belt herein shown is made up of an outer ply 1 and an inner ply 2 which, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2', are secured along their upper and lower edges by lines of stitching 3 and 4 respectively.

The belt at one end is returned upon itself to provide a loop 5 to which a lever 6 is secured. A buckle plate 7 is carried'by the v Specification ofiLe'ttcrs iateift.

slides through the buckle plate 7 in the usual manner and as represented in Fig. 4 and is adapted to be caught and wedged by the action of the tooth9 against the inner face of said buckle plate. The action is such that when strain is put upon'the belt' tending to loosen the same the tooth 9 will bitemoreeffectively into the belt and avoid its sliping. However,-this is notentirely practicable with belts of this general character and to constitute a more positive binding engagement between the tooth 9 and the buckle plate 7 I provide shoulder portions'on the belt against which the tooth may more actively engage and which shoulder portions are larger than the distance between the tooth and inner face of the buckle plate when the tooth is in the operative position illustrated-in' Fig. 4. l

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 I provide these shoulder portions by inserting strips 10 of leather, fabric or other material at the required intervals, such strips being confined between theplies 1 and.

2 of the belt and being secured as by vertical lines of stitching 11 for instance to the inner ply 2 so that the stitching will not be apparent on the outside surface of the belt which might otherwise be undesirable or de-;

tract from the appearance of the belt.

These strips 10 need only be of a very narrow width, just suflicient to furnish that necessarily rigid shoulder which willco-act with the tooth 9 to prevent any possible slipping of the belt. These strips may be provided in any suitablenumbers and at suitably spaced distances. They may also be of any desired length.

m I V P ateiitedyfunef so, 1592a,. Applicatidnfiled' June '6, 1921. Serial No. 475512.

-lever I and pivotally associated. therewith as? represented? at 8, the buckle tooth 9 being 1 securedto and turningwith the lever .6,the same being disposed at substantially a right angle to the-planexof-the' lever asrepre- 'sented in Fig. 4. The. free-end of the belt Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 and 6, a different type of belt is shown whichcomprises a solid body 12 made up of a single piece of relatively thick leather or other suitable belt material. In this instance I carry out the invention by making vertical grooves 13 in the inner face of the belt near its free end, the walls of these grooves forming the necessary shoulder to take against the tooth 9 of the belt. It will also of course be understood that the shoulders may be formed in numbersof different ways.

' V cifically described embodiment of this inven- It is obvious that various changesiand, modifications may be made in .thedetails of.

construction and design of the above spetion Without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being recured atone end and providedxwitha buckle .tooth, said belt composed of inner; and outer plies securedtogether, and-numbers of strips secured vbetween the innervandtouterwplies and forming shoulders adapted to .be men-- gaged by said tooth of the buckle, substantiallyiasmdescribed. I V

32. The combination With a belt provided a series of transverse shoulders near the free end thereof, of a buckle secured to the opposite end of said belt and comprising a plate with inwardly projecting jaWs,'and a .bell'crank:leverapi-voted between said jaws and having an eye connected to said belt and having a broad engaging: arm adapted to engage a one of said shoulders formed :in a said beltl wvhen said. belt is in use, substantially as: and for thepu-rpose described.

BONAa ALLENQJR. 

